Vivekananda Mission School - Joka

Vivekananda Mission School (VMS) is a formal English Medium Day School with a current enrolment of more than 4,500 students from nursery level to year 12. The school is affiliated to the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi.Mr.C.G.Chandra was a visionary with revolutionary ideas. He was an Educationist and a Social Worker. He is the Founder of Vivekananda Education Society (VES), an NGO of International repute. He is also the founder of Vivekananda Mission School, Joka, Kolkata and Vivekananda Mission School, Anchorage Camp, Haldia.Vivekananda Mission School is affiliated to the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. The School prepares students for ICSE and ISC examinations at 10+2 level.The School imparts education without any distinction of caste, creed and belief. The secular credentials of the school have endeared it to all and sundry who have high regards for its discipline, scientific teaching methods and moral values. One of the most important features of its learning paradigm is its community based education models which help the children to understand and recognize the issues afflicting multicultural communities in our society. One of the distinctive features of the school is The Emotionally Intelligent Parenting which was introduced by our Founder Sir. Such sessions are held regularly at school for the parents.VMS is acknowledged as a school with a difference because of its approach and applications. It is a pioneering school in Eastern India to introduce the concept of Quality in Education. At present every section of each class from IV to IX has its own Quality Circle to benchmark their standard and goal. The QCs have taken part in National and International competitions and have won accolades time and again. The excellent academic results of VMS students in Board examinations have carved a niche for the school in the field of school education. Our Founder Sir was the first educationist to introduce Quality Concept in the field of education.With the accelerated pace of wide ranging education reforms, VMS is ready to embrace the challenges of the new world order. The school started to add an international dimension to its curriculum through various projects and partnerships since 2005. We have been successfully accredited with the ISA for three consecutive terms 2006 2009, 2010 2013 and 2014 2017. We have also received the Reciprocal Visit Grant in 2007 and worked with Sydenham Primary School, Leamington Spa, till 2011 on various projects. Both the fund and the award were given by BRITISH COUNCIL.Teachers from countries across the world have visited and interacted with our teachers and teachers from VMS have also visited schools in England. It has been an interesting journey that has involved out of the box thinking, global outlook, internationalization, resourcefulness, creativity and a desire to change the teaching and learning process from being a chore to becoming an exciting journey of discovery and exploration.